Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
thecretefleet.com
Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
1–10 of 16 posts
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#2Interestingly concrete yachts are a thing. Ferro-cement is the term, but it is just reinforced concrete. You can buy very large yachts for small amounts of money with yachts made this way in the 70s.
Insurance can be tricky for no really good reason
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#3Was this created by AI and not proofread or created by a human and not proofread? The paragraph relating to the Musgraves taking over a factory is repeated and it reads rather oddly.
Anyway, regardless of that nitpick, it was an interesting read.
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#4You could do that today for cargodrone boats sintering or epoxy glueing beachsand?
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#5You could do that today for cargodrone boats sintering or epoxy glueing beachsand?
Or melt the sand and form it into long strips, fibers, then glue the fibers together in some sort of glass-fiber-epoxy type material. Get the patent done quick because that sounds viable imho.
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#6You could do that today for cargodrone boats sintering or epoxy glueing beachsand?
Or melt the sand and form it into long strips, fibers, then glue the fibers together in some sort of glass-fiber-epoxy type material. Get the patent done quick because that sounds viable imho.
Glass fiber? Ridiculous, that'll never work.
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#7Reminds me of "pykrete" which was also a potential construction material for ships (notably aircraft carriers) proposed during WWII:
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#8ASCE (American Society opf Civil Engineering) has an annual Concrete Canoe Competition. (https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members/conferences...)
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#9Interestingly concrete yachts are a thing. Ferro-cement is the term, but it is just reinforced concrete. You can buy very large yachts for small amounts of money with yachts made this way in the 70s. Insurance can be tricky for no really good reason
>Insurance can be tricky for no really good reason
It is very expensive to prove a ferro hull to be sound, which is a requirement for getting insurance.
Re: Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
#10Interestingly concrete yachts are a thing. Ferro-cement is the term, but it is just reinforced concrete. You can buy very large yachts for small amounts of money with yachts made this way in the 70s. Insurance can be tricky for no really good reason
Except the steel armature inside can turn to hidden rust and if you do something and crack the ferro hull they can be a total loss. A lot were home built so finding a quality build is another issue.
There’s a reason insurance won’t touch them.